Greenfield Recorder
Pushback: Vote 'no' on Question 7 to stop state control over local zoning
On Nov. 3, I’m voting “no” on Question 7 — another assault by state mandate on our Home Rule zoning, weakening our right of local self-government. In Massachusetts, Home Rule authority was granted to…
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5mMohawk Trail Regional School District seeks updated facilities study
Mohawk Trail Regional School District Business Administrator William Lataille announced that the district will conduct a new long-range facility study while also reporting recent costs related to emergency heating system repairs.
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6mSpeaking Of Nature: Patience pays plenty — Reunited and it feels so good
October of 2025 was a difficult time in my life. I was home all month as I recovered from abdominal surgery, and I was definitely out of sorts. My first brush with mortality had me feeling a bit untethered and I was also in a lot of discomfort. Basically, all I could do with myself […]
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5mLois Holm
<html><head></head><body>Lois Holm<br /><br />Buckland, MA - Lois Elaine Everett Holm of Buckland, MA passed away on October 3, 2026 at the age of 94. The first child to George and Barbara (Lamont) Everett, Lois was born in Springfield Massachusetts o ...
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4mBarbara Ann Campbell
<html><head></head><body>Barbara Ann Campbell<br /><br />Turners Falls, MA - Barbara Ann Campbell, 77, of Turners Falls, MA, passed away peacefully in her home on October 5, 2026.<br /><br />Born to the late Joseph R. Greene and Frances Greene, Barbar ...
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6mBringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say
GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — On Jackson Ramsay’s family ranch late in the summer, there were few signs it had just weathered the worst-ever winter snowpack and record-setting heat. Water twisted unhurriedly through the land, splayed into various branches that rejoined to form pools behind mounds of piled sticks. Young willows stretched from the bank […]